What if “going crazy” was part of a larger process? What if it was a message from your body, your ancestors, or a wisdom larger than yourself? Thabiso, a traditional Swaziland Healer who moved to the U.S. in 2020, shares his story about training as a healer in a context where madness wasn’t stopped or something to be fixed, but rather the sign of a bigger calling.

In this episode, with my good friend and colleague, Katrina Michelle, a psychotherapist specializing in spiritual integration, we discuss different kinds of spiritual experiences, why psychedelic-assisted therapies often are faster and where to find psychedelic-assisted therapy research, programs and training.

Energy healing, psychic work and mysticism is not reserved for a select few, these gifts are available to anyone who desires to engage with it, as many of our ancestors did. Today's magical guest is a fellow psychic and energy healer who also trains others in the craft. We talk about what it's like to "answer the call" as a healer, train in psychic school, and how to trust yourself and your gifts.

Many of the wounds, patterns, and emotions we carry in our bodies are not only our own. Some emotional wounds that get conceptualized as personality traits, habits, or norms, are actually inherited ancestral trauma. In this episode we talk about intergenerational/ancestral trauma, using the example of impostor syndrome as rooted in historical oppression. We also walk about elders, getting to know your living ancestors, making ancestor alters, and tangible steps in how to engage in ancestral healing.

Why do we get nervous when things start to feel really good? Why does the mind often sabotage moments of joy or bliss? Learn how you can have more joy and happiness in your life, and why it might be terrifying sometimes.

Mystical experiences are more common than we may think, but we live in a world that views them as strange, pathological, or only available to a “special” select few. I believe we all have the capacity to tap into the divine and see beyond the veil if we desire, and that connecting deeply to the world around us through our lived mysticism is a foundational part of healing work. In this episode I’ll tell you how I discovered I was a “witch” or mystic, what precognition as a kid feels like, and how I ground my spiritual practice in my lived experiences without taking it all too seriously.

Have you been curious about ancestral healing but unsure how to engage? Most of us have been disconnected from our ancestors through colonialism, but that doesn’t mean we can’t access the wisdom that lives on through us. This week I had the huge privilege of getting to talk with Elmina Bell of Mulema Alchemy.

I believe what gets labeled as “psychosis” is absolutely healable and in many ways can be generative. It doesn’t matter how you define your experience: spiritual awakening, psychosis, dark night of the soul, healing crisis, etc. Here are my 10 best tips based on my own lived experience and working in crisis programs in and outside the mental health field…

[4 min read] There are some things that come innately to us from a young age, and for me, this was the propensity towards gathering flowers, leaves, and other Earth debris into a glass jar, along with a wish - written or spoken - and burying it deep into the ground, to marinate for months, maybe years. I, of course, didn't have a name for this practice, back then, it just felt right. Now you can buy "witch kits" and "spell jars" to teach you how to do what children know intuitively…